Robyn Hitchcock Song Catalogue

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Author: Robyn Hitchcock

Released on 4 records:

This Is the BBC, 2006  (CD)  Hux 074
Inflatable Hitchcock 2, 2000  (CD)  [none listed]
Jewels For Sophia (advance), 1999  (CD)  Warner Brothers 2-47433
Jewels for Sophia, 1999  (CD)  Warner Brothers 9 47433-2


Lyrics:

Sally was a legend
Sally was a legend in my heart
Sally was a legend
So we had to keep ourselves apart
Push the dream towards me
I can see a flower in the dark
I can understand you
I don't understand the sacred Heart

Sally was a legend
Sure as I can walk around this room
And the truth is evil
It's an evil truth to you-know-whom
I can point to Norway
I can point to Norway with my fist
Sally was a legend
Sure as there are veins beneath her wrist

Why?  Why?

Even with her eyes shut
She could see the faces on her lids
She could see my crying
That was long before I ever did
And it's been a lifetime
And with you I celebrate my life
Sally was a legend
Now she's at the table with a knife

Sally was a legend
Sally was a legend yeah
Sally was a legend
Sally was a legend yeah


No guitar tab entered.


Known to have been played live at 65 gigs:

Robyn Hitchcock:
Big Mama (Rome, Italy), 2/9/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Bloom (Milano, Italy), 2/13/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Largo (West Hollywood, California US), 4/2/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Hotel du Nord (Paris, France), 6/28/1999 with Peter Blegvad and Syd Straw (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Open Mind Music (San Francisco, California US), 7/27/1999 Tim Keegan (In-Store)
Robyn Hitchcock: Ogden Theater (Boulder, Colorado US), 8/3/1999 (Concert) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: New Daisy Theater (Memphis, Tennessee US), 8/10/1999 (Concert) (electric)
Robyn Hitchcock: Tramps (New York, New York US), 8/18/1999 (Concert) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: The Roxy (Boston, Massachusetts US), 8/20/1999 (Concert) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: Agora Theatre (Cleveland, Ohio US), 8/22/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Bumbershoot Festival (Seattle, Washington US), 9/6/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Stables (Wavendon, England UK), 9/21/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Dingwall's (London, England UK), 9/22/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Ronnie Scott's (London, England UK), 9/26/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Portland Arms (Cambridge, England UK), 9/27/1999 with Kimberley Rew, Terry Edwards (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Zodiac (Oxford, England UK), 9/28/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: G2 (Glasgow, Scotland UK), 9/30/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Cactus Café (Austin, Texas US), 10/23/1999 (Concert) add Tim, Jake, Lindsay
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Cactus Café (Austin, Texas US), 10/23/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Echo Lounge (Atlanta, Georgia US), 10/25/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, North Carolina US), 10/26/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Upstage (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania US), 10/29/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock's ROCK ARMADA: Maxwell's (Hoboken, New Jersey US), 11/2/1999 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: KUSF (San Francisco, California US), 11/21/1999 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock: Storyville (Arezzo, Italy), 1/16/2000 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Circolo Renfe (Ferrara, Italy), 1/21/2000 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Largo (West Hollywood, California US), 2/19/2000 with Jon Brion and Friends (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Largo (West Hollywood, California US), 2/26/2000 with Jon Brion and Friends (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Largo (West Hollywood, California US), 2/26/2000 with Jon Brion and Friends (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Bommens Salonger (Gothenburg, Sweden), 12/25/2000 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Assembly Rooms (Edinburgh, Scotland UK), 8/4/2001 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Queen Elizabeth Hall (London, England UK), 3/2/2003 Tim Keegan, Kimberley Rew, Deni Bonet, Peter Blegvad, more (Concert) enter Kimberley
Robyn Hitchcock: Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, North Carolina US), 11/1/2004 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Shank Hall (Milwaukee, Wisconsin US), 11/5/2004 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Beachland Ballroom (Cleveland, Ohio US), 11/8/2004 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Scranton Cultural Center (Scranton, Pennsylvania US), 11/11/2004 (Concert) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: Crocodile Café (Seattle, Washington US), 3/5/2005 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Pour House Music Hall (Raleigh, North Carolina US), 3/21/2005 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: Black Cat (Washington, D.C. US), 3/23/2005 (Concert) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: Maxwell's (Hoboken, New Jersey US), 3/26/2005 (Concert) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: The Iron Horse (Northampton, Massachusetts US), 3/28/2005 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: TT the Bear's (Cambridge, Massachusetts US), 3/29/2005 (Concert) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: Schuba's (Chicago, Illinois US), 3/31/2005 (Concert) electric
Robyn Hitchcock: Duncan Hall (Lafayette, Illinois US), 4/3/2005 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock: NHK 505 Studio (Tokyo, Japan), 10/6/2005 (Radio)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Rescue Rooms (Nottingham, England UK), 1/21/2006 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Junction (Cambridge, England UK), 1/22/2006 w/ Kimberley Rew (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Komedia (Brighton, England UK), 1/23/2006 w/ Tim Keegan (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Scala (London, England UK), 1/25/2006 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Fleece and Firkin (Bristol, England UK), 1/26/2006 w/ Morris Windsor (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Phoenix (Exeter, England UK), 1/27/2006 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock with Minus 5: Coach House (San Juan Capistrano, California US), 2/24/2006 (Concert) w/ Minus 3
Robyn Hitchcock with Minus 5: Key Club (Los Angeles, California US), 2/25/2006 and Grant Lee Phillips (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock with Minus 5: Slim's (San Francisco, California US), 2/27/2006 (Concert) electric w/ Minus 3
Robyn Hitchcock with Minus 5: Sam Bond's (Eugene, Oregon US), 3/2/2006 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock with Minus 5: Doug Fir Lounge (Portland, Oregon US), 3/3/2006 Sean Nelson (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Hyde Park, Wireless Festival (London, England UK), 6/22/2006 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Cannon Hill Park, MAC Theatre (Birmingham, England UK), 6/24/2006 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Harewood House, Wireless Festival (Leeds, England UK), 6/25/2006 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Minus 3: Loppen (Copenhagen, Denmark), 7/4/2006 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Venus 3: The Cornbury Oxford Music Festival (Charlbury, England UK), 7/9/2006 (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Venus 3: FAB (Tokyo, Japan), 10/6/2006 w/ The Minus 5 & Morgan Fisher (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Venus 3: FAB (Tokyo, Japan), 10/7/2006 w/ The Minus 5 & Morgan Fisher (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Venus 3: FAB (Tokyo, Japan), 10/8/2006 w/ The Minus 5 & Morgan Fisher (Concert)
Robyn Hitchcock & Venus 3: The Gov (Adelaide, Australia), 10/14/2006 w/ The Minus 5 (Concert)

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